… Proximate composition, anti nutritional factors and functional properties of the fermented …
of the flour can be ascribed to possible leaching of soluble mineral elements into fermenting …

… The cocoyam corm (Colocasia esculenta) used for this study was … availability of proteins and
minerals in children fed diets that … The anti-nutritional effects of saponins include increased …

… Several cocoyam species such as Xanthosoma and Colocasia … from the fermentation and
milling of the cocoyam tuber in … Colocasia variety however seem to contain more minerals …

… that this variety is rich in mineral elements. … value of 0.71 g/ml for colocasia flour reported
by [18]. The high bulk densities obtained from fermented and unfermented flours of cocoyam in …

… [20] also reported higher fibre content for fermented cocoyam… composition and anti-nutritional
content of cocoyam (… Proximate and mineral composition of cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta, …

… However, cocoyam utilization has been limited due to a number of antinutritional and toxic
factors… In this study, the concentrations of the minerals were less in the fermented process as a …

… oxalate raphides, some anti-nutritional factor and unverified … components, mineral
composition and anti-nutritional factors … the range 3.24-4.18% reported for Colocasia esculenta.…

… The anti-nutritional factors found in taro cocoyam include oxalates, … effect of boiling,
fermentation and frying using vegetable oil on the antinutritional factors, proximate and mineral …

… “Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) contributes a … content large amount of antinutritional factors
(phytic acid, tannins and saponin) which affect the absorption of protein and certain minerals…